<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Shlomi Fish</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 6:27 PM<br>Subject: Re: Satire: Emma Watson getting interviewed for a software development position<br>To: Amos Shapira <<a href="mailto:amos.shapira@gmail.com">amos.shapira@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: Shlomi Fish <<a href="mailto:shlomif@gmail.com">shlomif@gmail.com</a>>, linux-il <<a href="mailto:linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il">linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a>><br><br><br>Hi Amos,<br>
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:03:16 +1000<br>
Amos Shapira <<a href="mailto:amos.shapira@gmail.com">amos.shapira@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Please don't send this sort of stuff here.<br>
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</div>first of all - you should have trimmed the quoted part. Trimmed now.<br>
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Otherwise... why not? This post was:<br>
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1. On topic. Mentioned various technologies.<br>
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2. I know for a fact that many people enjoyed.<br>
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3. Insightful.<br>
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4. I've seen many job posts here that it referred to.<br>
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5. I'm a contributing member of this mailing list and a local Israeli.<br>
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6. It's CC-by-sa , which allows for a lot of reuse and fair use and for the<br>
right price, I can make it CC-by too.<br>
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So why not? OK, I get it - it's fiction and funny and a satire. But to quote<br>
<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" target="_blank">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov</a> , «Comedy is simply a funny way of<br>
being serious.» (which may not have been a 100% original sentiment). People<br>
have shared jokes and stories from their life on Linux-IL in the past (see<br>
<a href="http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/tinic.html" target="_blank">http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/tinic.html</a> ) and I find it more<br>
interesting than "Company X is looking for a Top Gun Linux Kernel Guru" or "How<br>
do I do [insert obscure feat here that no one except me cares about]" posts<br>
which I also think are on-topic and worth sharing.<br>
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Many people get a knee-jerk reaction when someone posts fiction, but fiction<br>
and satire is often as influential as a boring essay or rant, if not more.<br>
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I'd be glad to hear your opinion on this but please use inline posting to<br>
reply to each point separately.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Shlomi Fish<br>
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